Title Info: Fairfield Cemetery

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Introduction	Fairfield Cemetery Fairfield, Spokane County, Washington Truax Rd, Fairfield WA Lat: 47° 22' 10"N, Lon: 117° 08' 34"W T22N R45E Sec 29 Transcribed by Maggie Rail, © Jun 15, 1998, last edited Sep 11, 2015 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 565. Fairfield cemetery is located on Truax Road, 2 miles east of the town of Fairfield WA. There is the main section of this cemetery and a poor farm section called the 'Jaeger Lots.' When I first walked this cemetery and transcribed it there were no marked graves in the County Poor Farm section. I also had no digital camera at that time, all had to be written into a notebook. Note: There are two different Alley areas, one for the main cemetery on the west side and one for the Poor Farm in NW corner. Jaeger County Lots The Jaeger Funeral Home of Fairfield used one section of lots during the 1930s for those who died at the 'County Poor Farm' near Spangle, and also for some other burials. There were no markers on the graves in the county poor farm section. It is in the Northwest corner of the Fairfield Cemetery --- 8-9-10-11-12-13 and also the alleys west of lots 9-10-11-12-13-14 (designated A thru F) The Jaeger Alleys A thru F should not to be confused with the main cemetery alleys that border the West side and are designated A Thru L. Poor farm burials were listed with name, lot number or alley letter, and the space number in the lot or alley. In 1984 a list of 172 names was found in the old Bank of Fairfield basement of burials in the Jaeger Lots. Lots 8 thru 13 have 24 graves in each. The Alley sections A thru F have 8 graves in each. I was able to acquire this list and after a lot of research found dates and other info for many of them. When I first transcribed this cemetery in 1998 I displayed two separate groups but in this last update I have combined all into one listing which includes additional names and information acquired through much research in addition to the previous reading which included names from the Sexton files back in 1998 when I found no stone. The first transcription was completed on May 15, 1998. I visited the cemetery again in 2003 and then again on Jun 20, 2004 using my digital camera. I am willing to share my photos for a small fee, if I have one you would like. Those entries with an asterisk * have no marker, or at least I did not find one. This update was completed on Sep 11, 2015. - Maggie Rail Photo #1 - sign.jpg This is the entrance sign to the Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Spokane County WA Photograph Copyright © June 26, 2001, Maggie Rail Photo #2 - stones.jpg This is a view across one section of the cemetery. Notice how many stones are missing or grown over. Photograph Copyright © June 26, 2001, Maggie Rail Photo #3 - scene.jpg Another section of the Fairfield Cemetery which shows how old it is with so many missing stones. Photograph Copyright © June 26, 2001, Maggie Rail
Citation:	Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Fairfield Cemetery, Office of Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed]. Source: Index and transcription notes donated to the Washington Historical Records Project by Maggie Rail, 2017.
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